Unlike many school reform programs which traditionally look to research and evaluation as an afterthought, comprehensive, university-based research has been a central component of the Oklahoma A+ process since its inception. In order to provide...

The Oklahoma Health Care Authority (OHCA) is the state’s single agency responsible for administering Medicaid. The managed care component of this program is known as SoonerCare Choice... A patient-centered medical home model was implemented January...

One of the programs that focuses on the chronically ill patient's active involvement and responsibility for his or her condition is the Chronic Disease Self-Management Program (CDSMP), which was developed in the 1990s by a research team at the...

Program Information and Grantees In 2010-11, the Oklahoma Parents As Teachers (OPAT) grant program funded 76 school districts and two public housing authorities located in 88 Oklahoma communities. The size of the award was dependent on the...

1. To conduct an intensive two-year survey of the freshwater turtle species of eastern Oklahoma. 2. To systematically survey and compare turtle populations from sites with little or no historical commercial harvest to sites with known historical...

This report, commissioned by the Oklahoma Health Care Authority (OHCA), provides updated information on health insurance coverage among adults and children in Oklahoma, descriptions of those with and without health insurance coverage, change over...

Title II, Part A of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB) authorized the Improving Teacher Quality State Grants program to develop practices, grounded in scientifically-based research, to prepare, train, and recruit high-quality teachers. The...

Tulsa City-County Health Department (TCCHD) implemented the “It’s All About Kids” program in order to improve health outcomes for first through fifth grade students. “It’s All About Kids” is a prevention program that encourages kids to make healthy...

Asphalt recycling has become an important research topic in recent years because of its enhanced use in the construction of new asphalt concrete (AC) pavements. The increasing demand of recycled asphalt pavement (RAP) is mainly due to the...

Flow statistics can be used to provide decision makers with surface-water information needed for activities such as water-supply permitting, flow regulation, and other water rights issues. Flow statistics could be needed at any location along a...

The Coordinated Approach to Child Health (CATCH) Kids Club is an after-school-based curriculum designed to teach children about healthy food choices and physical activity habits. The ultimate goal is for children to reduce their risk of obesity and...

Lake Thunderbird is listed in Chapter 45, Part 5 of the Oklahoma Water Quality Standards (OWQS) as a Sensitive Water Supply (SWS) (OAC 785:45-5-25(C)(4)). In 2013, lake water quality monitoring by the Oklahoma Water Resources Board (OWRB) continued...

The Oklahoma Department of Transportation (ODOT) encourages utilization of minority- and women-owned firms in its contracts when implementing the Federal Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) Program. Although agencies such as ODOT are required...

The Coordinated Approach to Child Health (CATCH) Kids Club is an after-school-based curriculum designed to teach children about healthy food choices and physical activity habits. The ultimate goal is for children to reduce their risk of obesity and...

Objectives: 1. Determine the distribution and abundance of the mena crayfish and sympatric species in the Little River, Glover River, upper Mountain Fork, and associated tributaries. 2. Determine tolerance of the mena crayfish and sympatric species...

East Central University (ECU) received an award from the U.S. Department of Education for a two-year development grant entitled Native American Voices Influencing Student Success in October of 2008. Funding was awarded by the Office of...

Behavioral health services are available to SoonerCare Choice members. In order to evaluate service satisfaction, the OHCA contracted with APS Healthcare to survey members enrolled in SoonerCare Choice who accessed outpatient behavioral health...

The mission of the Oklahoma Parents as Teachers (OPAT) is to provide the information, support, and encouragement that families need to help their children develop optimally during the crucial, early years of life. This voluntary program provided...

The Oklahoma Health Care Authority (OHCA) is the state agency responsible for administering Medicaid.; In order to evaluate service satisfaction, the OHCA contracted with APS Healthcare to survey adult members enrolled in SoonerCare Choice... The...

The Oklahoma Health Care Authority (OHCA) is the state's single agency responsible for administering Medicaid.; In order to evaluate service satisfaction, the OHCA contracted with APS Healthcare to survey the parents of child members enrolled in...

This study developed Daily Work Report (DWR) based prediction models to determine reasonable production rates of controlling activities of highway projects. The study used available resources such as DWR, soil data, AADT and other existing project...

With increasing demands placed on the time of fisheries management staff and ever shrinking budgets, increased sampling efficiency is imperative to effective management programs. Further complicating the balance between available time and funds and...